Improvement in fenders



J. S LESTER. Fender.

No. 207,362 Patented Aug. 27,1878.

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UNITED STATES PATENT JAMES S. LESTER, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR TOJ. M. ELLIS,

SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN FENQER S.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 207,862, dated August27, 1878; application filed J une 26, 1878.

To all whom it may concern: i "1' Be it known that I, JAMES S. LESTER,of Atlanta, in the county of Fulton, and in the State of Georgia, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Fenders for Fire- Placesand Stoves; and do hereby declare that the following is 'a full, clear,and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a partof this specification.

The object of my invention is to furnish a fire-place or stove with asupply of air from the outside of the building; and it consists in theconstruction and arrangement of devices, as will be hereinafter morefully set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, in which-Figure 1 1s a cross-section of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view, showing a modifi cation thereof.

A represents a fender or hearth-plate for fire-places, made of anydesired shape. This fender or hearth-plate is formed underneath with achamber, B, constructed by attaching a piece-of iron or other material,in the manner shown, or in any other suitable .or desirable manner. Intothis chamber B is inserted a pipe, 0, which is to be so arranged thatwhen the fender is in position said tube will communicate with the airoutsideof the room. Through the top or other suitable part of the feuderismade a series of perforation s, a a, in-

to the chamber B.

It will readily be seen that a current of air from the outside isfurnished, which enters the room at a point between the occupants of theroom and the fire,.for supplying the vacuum formed by the draft of thechimney, thereby giving a greater degree of heat n the room from thesame fuel, and a heat that is more equally distributed.

In place of the chamber B the fender-bar D may be made of a pipe, withany suitable number of holes in its sides, top, or bottom, and its endsconnected with pipes at the sides of the fire-place, which communicatewith the air outside of the room. The same principle may be applied tofurnishing air for a stove by means of suitable pipes. A damper isintended to be provided in all cases for regulating the flow of air.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

i A fenderior hearth-plate for fire-places provided with an air-chamber,having a series of outlets for the air and one or more inletscommunicatin g with the air outside the room, substantially as and forthe purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing have hereunto set my hand this27th day May, 1878.

JAMES S. LESTER.

Witnesses:

E. B. THOMAS, MARCUS A. BELL.

